Ofer Eldar

Duke University School of Law

Professor of Law, Economics and Finance

210 Science Drive

Box 90362

Durham, NC 27708

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Duke University - Fuqua School of Business

Box 90120

Durham, NC 27708-0120

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Duke Innovation & Entrepreneurship Initiative

215 Morris St., Suite 300

Durham, NC 27701

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1.

The Role of Social Enterprise and Hybrid Organizations

Columbia Business Law Review, Vol. 1, 2017, Yale Law & Economics Research Paper No. 485
Number of pages: 104 Posted: 15 Jan 2014 Last Revised: 21 Aug 2017
Ofer Eldar
Duke University School of Law
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social enterprise, corporate social responsibility, theory of the firm, nonprofits, benefit corporations

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Regulatory Competition and the Market for Corporate Law

12(2) American Economic Journal: Microeconomics (2020): 60-98, Duke Law School Public Law & Legal Theory Series No. 2020-42
Number of pages: 90 Posted: 07 Nov 2015 Last Revised: 14 Jul 2020
Ofer Eldar and Lorenzo Magnolfi
Duke University School of Law and University of Wisconsin-Madison
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Regulatory Competition, Corporate Governance, Anti-Takeover Statutes, Directors and Officers Liability, Delaware, Nevada, Discrete Choice Models, Inertia

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Common Ownership and Startup Growth

Duke Law School Public Law & Legal Theory Series No. 2019-42, Georgetown McDonough School of Business Research Paper No. 3406205
Number of pages: 119 Posted: 24 Jun 2019 Last Revised: 11 Jun 2020
Ofer Eldar, Jillian Grennan and Katherine Waldock
Duke University School of Law, Duke University - Fuqua School of Business and Georgetown University McDonough School of Business
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Entrepreneurship, Startups, Private Firms, Corporate Governance, Common Ownership, Fiduciary Duty, Duty of Loyalty, Conflict of Interest, Corporate Opportunity Waivers, Board of Directors, Initial Public Offerings (IPOs), Venture Capital, Raising Capital

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The Rise of Dual-Class Stock IPOs

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The Rise of Dual-Class Stock IPOs

NBER Working Paper 28609; Duke Law School Public Law & Legal Theory Series No. 2020-78
Number of pages: 72 Posted: 04 Nov 2020 Last Revised: 30 Sep 2021
Dhruv Aggarwal, Ofer Eldar, Yael V. Hochberg and Lubomir P. Litov
Yale University, School of Management, Students, Duke University School of Law, National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) and University of Oklahoma - Michael F. Price College of Business
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Corporate Governance, Dual-class, Entrepreneurship, Venture Capital, Private Firms, Initial Public Offerings (IPOs), Raising Capital

The Rise of Dual-Class Stock Ipos

NBER Working Paper No. w28609
Number of pages: 72 Posted: 30 Mar 2021 Last Revised: 03 Sep 2021
Dhruv Aggarwal, Ofer Eldar, Yael V. Hochberg and Lubomir P. Litov
Yale University, School of Management, Students, Duke University School of Law, National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) and University of Oklahoma - Michael F. Price College of Business
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Crisis Poison Pills

Duke Law School Public Law & Legal Theory Series 2020-18, Fisher College of Business Working Paper No. 2020-03-006, Charles A. Dice Working Paper No. 2020-06, Review of Corporate Finance Studies, 10(1), 204-251, March 2021.
Number of pages: 61 Posted: 23 Apr 2020 Last Revised: 12 Apr 2021
Ofer Eldar and Michael D. Wittry
Duke University School of Law and Ohio State University (OSU) - Department of Finance
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Poison pills, crisis pills, coronavirus, COVID-19, activist interventions

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Vote-Trading in International Institutions

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Vote-Trading in International Institutions

European Journal of International Law, Vol. 19, No. 1, 2008
Number of pages: 34 Posted: 10 Oct 2007
Ofer Eldar
Duke University School of Law
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Vote-trading, vote-buying, international law, international institutions, economic analysis

Vote-Trading in International Institutions

European Journal of International Law, Vol. 19, Issue 1, pp. 3-41, 2008
Posted: 22 Jun 2008
Ofer Eldar
Duke University School of Law

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Federal Forum Provisions and the Internal Affairs Doctrine

10 Harvard Business Law Review 383 (2020), U of Michigan Law & Econ Research Paper No. 19-009, U of Michigan Public Law Research Paper No. 646, Duke Law School Public Law & Legal Theory Series No. 2019-58
Number of pages: 52 Posted: 25 Aug 2019 Last Revised: 27 Aug 2020
Dhruv Aggarwal, Albert H. Choi and Ofer Eldar
Yale University, School of Management, Students, University of Michigan Law School and Duke University School of Law
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corporate law, forum selection, securities litigation, internal affairs, Delaware, private ordering

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Does Government Play Favorites? Evidence from Opportunity Zones

Duke Law School Public Law & Legal Theory Series No. 2020-28
Number of pages: 70 Posted: 15 Oct 2019 Last Revised: 02 Sep 2020
Ofer Eldar and Chelsea Garber
Duke University School of Law and Duke University - Department of Economics
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Opportunity Zones, Development, Administrative Discretion, Social Entrepreneurship, Taxation, Subsidies

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Designing Business Forms to Pursue Social Goals

106 Virginia Law Review 937 (2020), Duke Law School Public Law & Legal Theory Series No. 2019-33
Number of pages: 69 Posted: 10 May 2019 Last Revised: 22 Jun 2020
Ofer Eldar
Duke University School of Law
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social enterprise, corporate social responsibility, theory of the firm, non-profits, development, subsidies, program-related investments, business organizations, corporate governance

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Reform of IMF Conditionality - a Proposal for Self-Imposed Conditionality

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Reform of IMF Conditionality - a Proposal for Self-Imposed Conditionality

IILJ Working Paper No. 2005/10
Number of pages: 56 Posted: 28 Dec 2005
Ofer Eldar
Duke University School of Law
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Reform of IMF Conditionality - a Proposal for Self-Imposed Conditionality

Journal of International Economic Law, Vol. 8, No. 2, 2005
Posted: 12 Aug 2005
Ofer Eldar
Duke University School of Law

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IMF, International Monetary Fund, Conditionality, Accountability, Transparency, Economics, International Institutions, Global Administrative Law

Reform of IMF Conditionality: A Proposal for Self-Imposed Conditionality

Journal of International Economic Law, Vol. 8, Issue 2, pp. 509-549, 2005
Posted: 29 Feb 2008
Ofer Eldar
Duke University School of Law

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anaemia management, cost-effectiveness, dose, epoetin, safety and tolerability, subcutaneous administration

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The Enduring Distinction Between Business Entities and Security Interests

Southern California Law Review, Vol. 92, No. 2
Number of pages: 60 Posted: 09 Sep 2018 Last Revised: 04 Apr 2019
Ofer Eldar and Andrew Verstein
Duke University School of Law and University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - School of Law
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Entities, Security Interests, Creditors, Debt, Priorities, Securitizations, Captive Insurance, Mutual Funds, Article 9, Bankruptcy Remoteness

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Common Ownership and Entrepreneurship

AEA Papers and Proceedings, Duke Law School Public Law & Legal Theory Series No. 2021-25
Number of pages: 10 Posted: 09 Mar 2021
Ofer Eldar and Jillian Grennan
Duke University School of Law and Duke University - Fuqua School of Business
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Entrepreneurship, Startups, Private Firms, Corporate Governance, Common Ownership, Competition, Innovation, Entry

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The Organization of Social Enterprises: Transacting versus Giving

Duke Law School Public Law & Legal Theory Series No. 2019-44
Number of pages: 48 Posted: 27 Jul 2018 Last Revised: 13 Oct 2021
Ofer Eldar
Duke University School of Law
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social enterprise, corporate social responsibility, theory of the firm, non-profits, development, subsidies

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A Lawyer's Guide To Empirical Corporate Governance

Stanford Journal of Law, Business, and Finance, 2022, Forthcoming, Duke Law School Public Law & Legal Theory Series No. 2021-38
Number of pages: 89 Posted: 15 Jun 2021 Last Revised: 15 Sep 2021
Ofer Eldar
Duke University School of Law
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Corporate governance, Empirical studies, Legal practice

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Will Delaware Be Different? An Empirical Study of TC Heartland and the Shift to Defendant Choice of Venue

104 Cornell Law Review 101 (2018), Duke Law School Public Law & Legal Theory Series No. 2018-43
Number of pages: 64 Posted: 10 Jun 2018 Last Revised: 27 Jan 2019
Ofer Eldar and Neel U. Sukhatme
Duke University School of Law and Georgetown University Law Center
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patent litigation; forum selling; forum shopping; patent trolls; patent assertion entities; event study; Eastern District of Texas; District of Delaware; corporate litigation; bankruptcy filing; regulatory competition

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Can Lax Corporate Law Increase Shareholder Value? Evidence from Nevada

Journal of Law and Economics, 61, no. 4 (2018): 555-605
Number of pages: 54 Posted: 07 Nov 2015 Last Revised: 19 Jul 2019
Ofer Eldar
Duke University School of Law
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Regulatory competition, Director liability, Takeovers, Shareholder litigation, Corporate Law, Nevada